David John Lodge was right when he defined a nation as “a group of people who laugh at the same stuff.”
Veyron Pax always knew art was his calling but had a difficult time earning acceptance as a gay artist in his Iranian Kurdish hometown of...
Jason was born and raised in Marin County, California; for him, home is the city of San Rafael. Ambitious, he was determined to make something...
Since I was a little girl, I was told not to discuss religion. Reza Aslan fascinates me. He is an Iranian American that not only...
Talk about swag 🕺👌. The Oslo based dance group called The Quick Style is an absolute joy to watch. To see more of their moves, follow...
In celebration of the Persian New Year, also known as Nowruz, the Library of Congress has digitized and made available online for the first time...
Yara Shahidi, the talented 19-year-old actress/activist born to Iranian and African-American parents, a detail in which she has never been shy expressing, thinks being mixed...
With a flourishing film career both here and in France, the Iranian-born actress (and April Vogue cover star) Golshifteh Farahani, 35, is often on the move.
As we begin the Persian New Year, I am so excited to bring you this interview with one of my all-time favorite women – Shohreh...
The Satanic Verses would not be written or published today. What’s changed since Salman Rushdie’s notorious novel?
Before she was successful, Neshat reveals below, she was just an art-school outcast.
In terms of economic strength and versatility, no other country is even close to the USA. It is currently the most affluent nation and the...
The first Iranian-American woman to win an Oscar, Rayka Zehtabchi, says she wants to build on Sunday’s triumph of her documentary about menstruation by producing...
'Period. End of Sentence.' is nominated for Best Documentary – Short Subject and was directed by a woman: Rayka Zehtabchi, a 25-year-old Iranian-American director.
The artist will recreate one of his best-known works in Brooklyn Bridge Park to coincide with his retrospective at the Met Breuer.
The star of 'Counterpart' and 'Hotel Mumbai' on representing Middle Eastern women on- and offscreen.
Al-Kindi, the great Muslim philosopher once said, “One must not be afraid of new ideas, no matter the source. And we must never fear the...
Omar Khayyam may have famously wanted just ‘a loaf of bread, a flask of wine, a book of verse – and thou’ but Persian culture...
Writing and directing a suspense thriller that explores complex family dynamics is not an easy undertaking. Imagine doing it in a foreign language and country.
I think February is the perfect month to highlight contemporary artist Ali Sabet. Ali is known for incorporating his unique “love script” into his paintings....
The Iranian cinema has already won a world-class reputation. Now, it's getting a wider American audience at the first Iranian Film Festival being held in...
The year was 1976. Sohrab Shahid Sales released, Reifezeit (Coming of age), a film about ‘the everyday life of a boy living with his prostitute...
Iranian-American filmmaker Desiree Akhavan’s six-episode series “The Bisexual” debuted on Hulu in November with surprisingly little to no fanfare.
Adventurous and adorable kids give us an entree into the world’s array of foods and snacks.
Iran claims to be the birthplace of ice cream, but how could it be made 2,000 years ago? The Travel Show visits an underground space used to...
In recent news, Hollywood is acting upset at the decision to pull US troops from Syria. Perhaps, instead of US troops, Hollywood should send Chuck...
Desiree Akhavan’s nuanced show about a lesbian who comes out as bi explores how we all can become our true selves through sex. “Sex is complicated,” Leila, the Iranian-American hero of Hulu’s The Bisexual, tells her best friend Deniz in the show’s premiere episode.
Consider a conversation between long-time Middle East reporter Reese Erlich and former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Charles Freeman, Jr. on the people currently directing...
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